Biographies

Mr. Selwyn Joffe, CPA, is the Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Motorcar Parts of America Inc., since February 2003. He has been a director of our Company since 1994 and Chairman since November 1999. From 1995 until his election to his present positions, he served as a consultant to us. Prior to February 2003, Mr. Joffe was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Protea Group, Inc. a company specializing in consulting and acquisition services. From September 2000 to December 2001, Mr. Joffe served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Netlock Technologies, a company that specializes in securing network communications. In 1997, Mr. Joffe co-founded Palace Entertainment, Inc., a roll-up of amusement parks and served as its President and Chief Operating Officer until August 2000. Prior to the founding of Palace Entertainment, Inc., Mr. Joffe was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Wolfgang Puck Food Company from 1989 to 1996. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Motor and Equipment Remanufacturers Association, an industry trade association. In addition, Mr. Joffe serves on the board of directors of the California, Arizona and Nevada Automotive Wholesaler's Association (CAWA), also an industry trade association. Mr. Joffe is a graduate of Emory University with degrees in both Business and Law and is an inactive member of the bar of the State of Georgia as well as a Certified Public Accountant. As our most senior executive, Mr. Joffe provides the Board of Directors with insight into our business operations, management and strategic opportunities. His history with our Company and industry experience has led the Board of Directors to conclude that he should serve as a director of our Company.

Mr. David Ashley Lee, CPA, is the Chief Financial Officer of Motorcar Parts of America, Inc., since February 2008. Prior to this, Mr. Lee served as a Vice President of Finance and Strategic Planning since January 2006, focusing primarily on financial management and strategic planning. Mr. Lee joined in February 2005 as a Director of Finance and Strategic Planning. His primary responsibilities as Chief Financial Officer are treasury, budgeting and financial management. From August 2002 until he joined in 2005, he served as corporate controller of Palace Entertainment, Inc., an amusement and water park organization. Prior to this, Mr. Lee held various corporate controller and finance positions for several domestic companies and served in the audit department of Deloitte LLP (formerly known as Deloitte & Touche LLP). Mr. Lee is a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Lee earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of California, San Diego, and a Masters in Business Administration degree from the University of California Los Angeles Anderson School of Management.

Mr. Douglas (Doug) Earl Schooner is Chief Manufacturing Officer, Senior Vice President - Under-the-car Product Lines, Chief Manufacturing Officer of the Company, Mr. Schooner joined us in 1993 and became the Vice President, Global Manufacturing Operations in January 2001 until his promotion in June 2014. Mr. Schooner has held the positions of Engineer, Production Manager, Assistant Vice President, Production and Vice President, Manufacturing prior to assuming his current position with our company. As Chief Manufacturing Officer, Mr. Schooner is responsible for all manufacturing, materials and logistic operations for our facilities. Mr. Schooner has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the California State University, Long Beach.

Mr. Michael Umansky is the Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. He is responsible for all legal matters. His responsibilities also include the oversight of Human Resources. His additional appointment as Secretary became effective September 1, 2005. Mr. Umansky was a partner of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, and the founding and managing partner of its Los Angeles office from 1975 until 1997 and was Of Counsel to that firm from 1998 to July 2001. Immediately prior to joining the Company, Mr. Umansky was in the private practice of law, and during 2002 and 2003, he provided legal services. From February 2000 until March 2001, Mr. Umansky was a Vice President, Administration and Legal, of Hiho Technologies, Inc., a venture capital financed producer of workforce management software. Mr. Umansky is admitted to practice law in California and New York and is a graduate of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Law School.

Mr. Steven L. Kratz is Vice President - New Technologies of Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. Steve Kratz served as our Chief Operating Officer from May 2007 until his appointment to the newly created position of Vice President, New Technologies in May 2017. Mr. Kratz in his new role will be overseeing innovation and development of new technologies related to our business. Mr. Kratz served as our Vice President-QA/Engineering from 2001 to 2007. Mr. Kratz joined us in April 1988. Before joining us, Mr. Kratz was the General Manager of GKN Products Company, a division of Beck/Arnley-Worldparts.

Mr. Scott J. Adelson is the Lead Independent Director of Motorcar Parts of America, Inc., since April 11, 2008. Mr. Adelson is a Co-President and Global Co-Head of Corporate Finance for Houlihan Lokey, a leading international investment bank. During his 26 plus years with the firm, Mr. Adelson has helped advise hundreds of companies on a diverse and in-depth variety of corporate finance issues, including mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Adelson has written extensively on a number of corporate finance and securities valuation subjects. He is an active member of Board of Directors of various privately-held middle-market businesses as well as several recognized non-profit organizations, such as the USC Entrepreneur Program. Mr. Adelson holds a bachelor degree from the University of Southern California and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business. Mr. Adelson’s broad business skills and experience, leadership expertise, knowledge of complex global business and financial matters led the Board of Directors to recommend to the shareholders in the Proxy Statement that they vote for Mr. Adelson as a director of the Company at the Annual Meeting and the shareholders elected Mr. Adelson to serve as a director at the Annual Meeting.

Mr. Timothy D. Vargo is the Director of the Company. Mr. Vargo serves as a chief executive officer and president of Kele, Inc., a company that supplies building automation equipment. Prior to joining Kele, he held a variety of senior executive and board positions at AutoZone, TruckPro and Auto Teile- Unger. Mr. Vargo served as the president, chief executive officer and chief restructuring officer of TruckPro from 2008 to 2010 and a board member of TruckPro's board from 2004 to 2010. He was a board member of KKR-owned Auto Teile-Unger from 2003 to 2008. He served as president of AutoZone, Inc. from March 1997 to May 2001, served as its chief operating officer from December 1996 to May 2000 and served on its board of directors from 1997 to 2001. Mr. Vargo is a director of Kele Holdco Inc.

Ms. Barbara L. Whittaker is Director of the Company. Ms. Whittaker is a business strategist and procurement and supply chain expert with extensive experience in the automotive industry, with both original equipment manufacturers and suppliers, and in the aftermarket. In 2010 Mrs. Whittaker founded BW Limited llc, which provides companies business and procurement strategies that lead to improved performance. Previously, Ms. Whittaker worked for the General Motors Corporation and Delphi Automotive in leadership positions of increasing responsibility. Prior to her retirement from General Motors, Ms. Whittaker’s position was Executive Director of Global Purchasing. Mrs. Whittaker previously served in Chevrolet’s Division of General Motors Corporation in Production Control and Scheduling, with an emphasis on Supply Chain. Mrs. Whittaker holds a Bachelor of Industrial Administration degree from General Motors Institute (now Kettering University), MBA degree from Wayne State University, and has also completed the Advanced Management Program at INSEAD in France, and the Executive Development program at University of Michigan. In addition to this formal education, she holds Six Sigma Green Belt certification and is well versed in lean production systems (including General Motors' Global Manufacturing System). She has also held board of directors positions for Detroit Manufacturing Systems, ChannelNet and Piston Group, each of which is privately held. She was appointed as a director of the Company by the Board of Directors in February 2017. Mrs. Whittaker’s automotive experience, supply chain expertise, leadership experience and organizational management have led the Board of Directors to conclude that she should serve as a director of our company.

Mr. Rudolph J. Borneo is the Independent Director of Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. Mr. Borneo retired from R.H. Macy’s, Inc. on March 31, 2009. At the time of his retirement, his position was Vice Chairman and Director of Stores of Macy’s West, a division of R.H. Macy’s, Inc. Mr. Borneo served as President of Macy’s California from 1989 to 1992 and President of R.H. Macy’s West from 1992 until his appointment as a Vice Chairman and Director of Stores in February 1995. In addition, Mr. Borneo is currently Board Chairman of Smoke Eaters Hot Wings Inc., a privately-held company. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Monmouth University. Mr. Borneo’s extensive experience in management of employees, organizational management, general business and retail knowledge and financial literacy led the Board of Directors to recommend to the shareholders in the Proxy Statement that they vote in favor of Mr. Borneo as a director of the Company at the Annual Meeting and the shareholders elected Mr. Borneo to serve as a director at the Annual Meeting.

Dr. David Bryan is the Independent Director of the Company. Dr. Bryan currently teaches at University of California at Santa Cruz. He also provides consulting expertise to multiple Santa Cruz independent and charter schools, and is involved with companies developing effective tools for online education. Dr. Bryan was founding Head of New Roads School from 1995 – 2013. Dr. Bryan received a B.A. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, an M.S. from the University of California at Los Angeles and a J.D. and Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Mr. Joseph Ferguson is the Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Ferguson is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Vicente Capital Partners, a Los Angeles-based investment firm providing capital to privately held growth companies across North America. Prior to co-founding Vicente in 2009, Mr. Ferguson was a partner at Kline Hawkes & Company, which he joined at the firm’s inception in 1995. He began his career as an investment banker for Merrill Lynch & Co where he was a member of the Energy and Natural Resources Group and the General Corporate Finance Group. From 1989 to 1994, he worked on over 30 public and private transactions for numerous emerging growth and middle market companies. Mr. Ferguson received a B.B.A in Finance from Southern Methodist University and an M.B.A from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Mr. Philip Gay,CPA, is the Independent Director of Motorcar Parts of America, Inc., since November 30, 2004. Mr. Gay currently serves as Managing Director of Triple Enterprises, a business advisory service firm that assists mid-cap sized companies with financing, mergers and acquisitions and strategic financing, which he had previously managed from March 2000 until June 2004. From June 2004 until June 2010, Mr. Gay served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Grill Concepts, Inc., a company that operates a chain of upscale casual restaurants throughout the United States. From March 2000 to November 2001, Mr. Gay served as an independent consultant with El Paso Energy from time to time and assisted El Paso Energy with its efforts to reduce overall operating and manufacturing overhead costs. Previously he has served as a chief financial officer for California Pizza Kitchen (1987 to 1994) and Wolfgang Puck Food Company (1994 to 1996), and he has held various Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer positions at Color Me Mine and Diversified Food Group from 1996 to 2000. Mr. Gay is also a retired Certified Public Accountant, a former audit manager at Laventhol and Horwath and a graduate of the London School of Economics. Mr. Gay's leadership experience, general business knowledge, financial literacy and expertise, accounting skills and competency and overall financial acumen led the Board of Directors to recommend to the shareholders in the Proxy Statement that they vote for Mr. Gay as a director of the Company at the Annual Meeting and the shareholders elected Mr. Gay to serve as a director at the Annual Meeting.

Mr. Duane Franklin Miller is the Independent Director of Motorcar Parts of America, Inc., since June 5, 2008. Mr. Miller is currently employed by the Genesee County Regional Chamber of Commerce as Executive Vice President. Prior to joining the Genesee County Regional Chamber of Commerce, he was employed by the City of Flint, Michigan, as the Director of Government Operations, from February 2009 to August 2009. Mr. Miller retired from General Motors Corporation in April 2008 after 37 years of service. At the time of his retirement, Mr. Miller served as executive director, GM Service and Parts Operations (“SPO”) Field Operations where he was responsible for all SPO field activities, running GM Parts (OE), AC Delco (after-market) and GM Accessories business channels, as well as SPO’s Global Independent Aftermarket. Mr. Miller served on the Board of Directors of OEConnection, an automotive ecommerce organization focused on applying technology to provide supply chain solutions and analysis. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of McLaren Regional Medical Center in Flint, Michigan and Prima Civitas Foundation, headquartered in Lansing, Michigan. His experience also includes serving on the Boards of Directors of the Urban League of Flint, Michigan, the Boys and Girls Club of Flint, Michigan and the Flint/Genesee County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau. Mr. Miller earned a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from Western Michigan University, and attended the Executive Development Program at the University of California Berkeley, Haas School of Business. Mr. Miller’s significant experience with the automotive parts industry, combined with his organizational, management and business understanding, led the Board of Directors to recommend to our shareholders in the Proxy Statement that they vote for Mr. Miller as director of the Company at the Annual Meeting and the shareholders elected Mr. Miller to serve as a director at the Annual Meeting.

Mr. Jeffrey P. Mirvis is the Independent Director of Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. Mr. Mirvis is currently the Chief Executive Officer of MGT Industries, Inc. (“MGT”), a privately-held apparel company based in Los Angeles. During his fifteen-year tenure as chief executive, he has gained valuable knowledge of manufacturing in Asia. Prior to joining MGT in 1990, Mr. Mirvis served as a commercial loan officer at Union Bank of California following his completion of the Union Bank of California’s Commercial Lending Program. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He has been a board member of Wildwood School in Los Angeles and the Jewish Federation in Los Angeles. His international business experience, operational and production expertise, leadership experience and organizational management led the Board of Directors to recommend to the shareholders in the Proxy Statement that they vote for Mr. Mirvis as a director of the Company at the Annual Meeting and the shareholders elected Mr. Mirvis to serve as director at the Annual Meeting.

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